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Ah, so SHE was responsible for my low GPA! Medieval Period (~1000 AD) (media.piefed.social)

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It was actually a mosque focused on religious education when it was founded.

pack it up boys, I guess theology isn't something you can get a university degree in.

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social [S] 20 points 8 months ago (1 child)

As we all know, such luminous names as Oxford and the University of Paris have no origins in religion. /s

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Oxford and University of Paris aren't even accredited universities. They assign degrees based on royal charter, not peer review by other institutions.

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